suppose (
http://definr.com/suppose)
v 1: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the
truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would
you do?" [syn:
say]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn:
think,
opine,
imagine,
reckon,
guess]
3: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds:
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in
swamps." [syn:
speculate,
theorize,
theorise,
conjecture,
hypothesize,
hypothecate]